WTVD’s ABC11 TOGETHER Hurricane Relief Food Drive started early in the morning and by the end of the day, 15 large trucks were full of food and more than $135,000 was raised. WTVD is the ABC O&O in Raleigh, N.C. Thousands drove up, walked up, and stepped up to help at WTVD’s newsrooms in Raleigh, […]
WTVD’s ABC11 TOGETHER Hurricane Relief Food Drive started early in the morning and by the end of the day, 15 large trucks were full of food and more than $135,000 was raised.
WTVD is the ABC O&O in Raleigh, N.C.
Thousands drove up, walked up, and stepped up to help at WTVD’s newsrooms in Raleigh, Durham and Fayetteville.
The donations will help families in the wake of Hurricane Matthew and will go directly to the Food Bank of Eastern and Central North Carolina as well as the Second Harvest Food Bank in Fayetteville.
“The Food Bank is supported by the community, for the community, and the outpouring of generosity coordinated by ABC11 Together will provide hundreds of thousands of our friends and neighbors with food and supplies as they recover from Hurricane Matthew,” said Peter Werbicki, Food Bank’s president.
“This was such an incredible community effort,” said Caroline Welch, WTVD’s general manager.
“We are so grateful to everyone who came out to donate, help and support this effort to keep food on the table of those affected by Hurricane Matthew.”
Many joined with WTVD, according to a statement from the station, to make it a nationwide relief effort. Fellow ABC-owned stations in New York, L.A., Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston and Fresno, Calif., carried the ABC11 Together phone bank on-air and asked for donations from their viewers as well.
WTVD also engaged its community partners, station employees, clients, and local organizations to create a direct pipeline of resources to places that need it most. Several local radio stations from iHeartMedia, RadioOne and Beasley Radio set up live remotes outside each newsroom to help amplify the voice.
Nonprofit TROSA, the Durham Fire Department and other organizations sent volunteers to help load and move the food. Local businesses such as BASF and Kuraray Manufacturing made large monetary donations, as did the nonprofit Tobacco Road Marathon.
Many families are now returning to their homes to find nothing. The impact of this historic storm will be felt for years to come.
WTVD continues to receive donations even as plans are underway for its 30th Annual ABC11 Together Food Drive starting in November.
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